Sir Ivor Roberts
Books by Sir Ivor Roberts
Satow’s Diplomatic Practice
by Sir Ivor Roberts
This is the only book that explains both what diplomacy is and how it is organised across the world. It’s a thick book, and it’s full of details and documents about all the world organisations – but it is an extremely interesting account of how diplomacy works and what its machinery does. As a diplomat I found that people don’t really understand what diplomats do.
Interviews where books by Sir Ivor Roberts were recommended
The best books on Diplomacy, recommended by Jeremy Greenstock
The veteran British diplomat Jeremy Greenstock talks about the history and future of diplomacy. On Iraq: ‘The magnificent work that was done was largely wasted, and lives with it – both Iraqi and outsiders’
